Show HN: Pipenet – A Modern Alternative to Localtunnel
punkpeye Monday, January 19, 2026Hey HN!
localtunnel's server needs random ports per client. That doesn't work on Fly.io or behind strict firewalls.
We rewrote it in TypeScript and added multiplexing over a single port. Open-source and 100% self-hostable.
Public instance at *.pipenet.dev if you don't want to self-host.
Built at Glama for our MCP Inspector, but it's a generic tunnel with no ties to our infra.
https://github.com/punkpeye/pipenet
Summary
Pipenet is an open-source development platform that allows users to build, deploy, and manage containerized applications using a declarative, infrastructure-as-code approach. It aims to simplify the software development and deployment process by providing a unified interface for managing various cloud services and resources.
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pipenet.dev